Praise Report
getty images Gabby Douglas and Simone Biles are shining on the latest covers of Teen Vogue. The talented gymnasts are just over a month away from heading to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to represent the U.S. at the 2016 Olympics and they each opened up to the publication about their individual journeys. Reflecting on her […]
Vashti Cunningham clinched a Rio Olympic berth in the high jump on Sunday and, at age 18, became the youngest U.S. Olympian in the sport since 1980. Cunningham, the daughter of retired NFL All-Pro quarterback Randall Cunningham, finished second to Chaunté Lowe, a mother of three and veteran of three Olympic teams. Inika McPherson was third to round out the […]
In an interview in 2014, after the Mike Brown shooting in Ferguson, Mo., Christian rapper Lecrae began speaking out about police brutality and racial injustice. “I think it’s unacceptable,” he said. “I think the government was created to serve the people, not to run the people. I think we’ve forgotten that the government works for […]
When gospel recording artist Kurt Carr arrived in Oklahoma City, he wasn’t sure what to expect from the vocalists he would meet at a prominent church on the northeast side. As Carr came to town to lead a long-running music workshop at St. John Missionary Baptist Church, 5700 N Kelley, he thought of the 1994 […]
Before I knew anything of hip-hop, I knew the gospel. Growing up in a southern Baptist home can be an insular experience. God and Christianity were a serious affair, and a conservative, largely unquestioned way of life tended to follow. Dresses and suits were required to step into church, profanity and promiscuity were considered sinful. […]
Grammy Award® Nominated, NAACP Image Award® Winning Artist and Billboard Chart-Topping Singer Tamela Mann releases her highly-anticipated new album One Way on Friday, September 9 on her Tillymann Music imprint through RED Distribution. An extensive multi-city U.S. tour in support of the album will launch this fall. One Wayfeatures the powerhouse vocalist on 12 tracks, […]
This week’s topic: Reaching Our Children The Bible states that our children will be like olive plants around our table. I wondered why God would use an olive plant to describe children. I began researching olive plants and found that they are rare plants that can grow well in coastal climate environments, such […]
Baghdad Bombing Kills At Least 125; ISIS Claims Responsibility: A suicide truck bomb ripped through a busy shopping district in Baghdad over the weekend, killing more than 100 in what was the deadliest single attack in the war-weary country in years. The brazen Saturday night attack in the heart of the packed Karrada neighborhood killed […]
Article By Ayanna Parker // EEW Magazine News Messy folks in the church is nothing new. And yet, some Christians might be uncomfortable with Oprah Winfrey’s new primetime soapy megachurch drama, “Greanleaf,” which just premiered on June 21. “Some church people may be upset” by it, said Erica Campbell during a July 1 interview on […]
GETTY IMAGES: When we first met Malia Obama, she was a little kid wearing pink barrettes and patent leather mary janes. But since she first came to the White House, the girl has grown up. Now, she is arguably as much of a style icon as her mama. The 6’1” beauty swans around in printed dresses, […]